MDC acting president Lynnete Karenyi-Kore has called on
Zimbabweans to occupy all democratic spaces to demand accountability and an end
to unchecked deaths at government hospitals as a result of the ongoing strike
by government doctors who are demanding better wages and working conditions.
Addressing hundreds of supporters who braved the rains to
attend a rally in Mabvuku, Harare, Karenyi-Kore said time was ripe for
Zimbabweans to take the country’s political destiny into their hands and map a
way forward ending their suffering at the hands of an “illegitimate”
government.
“For how long do we keep watching this failure which is
claiming lives; a government that has failed to deliver health to its people;
doctors not being paid; the hospitals themselves have dilapidated
infrastructure, making them unsafe for patients; and doctors who work in them?”
she charged.
The opposition executive said the failure to adequately
fund health had taken its toll on women especially pregnant mothers who are now
delivering at home through traditional methods.
“Women are losing lives during birth and child mortality
rate is rising on a daily basis while those who claim to govern are firing all
the doctors and their wives are celebrating home deliveries in this day and
time,” she said.
The MDC, which has maintained that Mnangagwa and his
government are illegitimate, says the problems the country is facing are caused
by the contest around the 2018 presidential elections which was decided by the
Constitutional Court in favour of Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Its leader Nelson Chamisa has insisted that his government
will reintroduce the United States dollar as the official currency, doing away
with the local currency which has not been fully accepted as it continues to
lose value against the greenback.
Chamisa, who was supposed to address the rally, was still
in Sweden and is expected back home for the Hope of the Nation Address (Hona)
which he plans to deliver in the African Unity Square, next to Parliament on
Wednesday.
The party is still, however, waiting for a police clearance
for the event. Newsday
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